@Commune
Oh please, that’s not a good enough reason to criticize something. If it was, we’d be criticizing everything because to be fair, everything is inspired out of something.
The most important part of making a story is if it tells it well regardless of whatever inspiration it came from. A viewer doesn’t need any background knowledge to understand, and the films should be clear about whatever information or style it provides. Seriously, saying Joker is bad because it’s not like Scorsese films is like saying every modern fantasy story made is bad because it’s nothing like
Lord of the Rings.